Comments on: first george perle, now lukas fosshttp://www.sequenza21.com/2009/02/first-george-perle-now-lukas-foss/
The Contemporary Classical Music CommunitySat, 04 Oct 2014 21:28:37 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1By: Ketty Nezhttp://www.sequenza21.com/2009/02/first-george-perle-now-lukas-foss/comment-page-1/#comment-15163
Thu, 12 Feb 2009 01:13:18 +0000http://www.sequenza21.com/?p=1047#comment-15163The Boston University community deeply feels the loss of Lukas, who was friend, mentor, and guiding light for several generations of composers, performers, and colleagues (including myself). Xanthos Ensemble, in residence at BU, will give a tribute on March 19, playing “Time Cycle” and “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird,” on March 19, 7:30 p.m.
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Wed, 04 Feb 2009 20:44:12 +0000http://www.sequenza21.com/?p=1047#comment-15143His Renaissance Concerto (the recording with flutist Carol Wincenc is stellar) is a real masterpiece. I was fortunate to have lunch with Foss and some colleagues a few years back. It’s the passing of an ear, and a real musical icon. He was a kind and lovely person.
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Tue, 03 Feb 2009 03:56:39 +0000http://www.sequenza21.com/?p=1047#comment-15142http://www.sequenza21.com/carey/?p=363
]]>By: Toddhttp://www.sequenza21.com/2009/02/first-george-perle-now-lukas-foss/comment-page-1/#comment-15141
Tue, 03 Feb 2009 02:46:50 +0000http://www.sequenza21.com/?p=1047#comment-15141I remember very fondly watching him rehearse and perform Bach’s D minor concerto with the Brooklyn Philharmonic in the early 90s when I was working as an intern for the winter. He was extremely kind and gracious and the performance was eye-opening.
]]>By: lawrencedillonhttp://www.sequenza21.com/2009/02/first-george-perle-now-lukas-foss/comment-page-1/#comment-15140
Tue, 03 Feb 2009 02:36:17 +0000http://www.sequenza21.com/?p=1047#comment-15140Solo is great, but Solo Observed is even better — the piano part is gradually wrapped in a surrounding ensemble.

And time was I couldn’t get enough of Time Cycle.

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Tue, 03 Feb 2009 01:52:09 +0000http://www.sequenza21.com/?p=1047#comment-15139I studied with Lukas at Boston U. in 1995-6. He was a wonderful composer and pianist.

Echoi is a terrific work which no one has mentioned.

]]>By: Sparky P.http://www.sequenza21.com/2009/02/first-george-perle-now-lukas-foss/comment-page-1/#comment-15137
Mon, 02 Feb 2009 20:53:25 +0000http://www.sequenza21.com/?p=1047#comment-15137Also Columbia (SQ1) which I have and DGG (Paradigm), although, to be fair, I recorded that and the Turnabout version onto cassette tape (now twentah years ago in Baltimore and which I should put onto disc to make a Foss Vol.2). I remember seeing, albeit vaguely, at SUNY Purchase in 1989 in which I went along with my choral ensemble from SUNY Stony Brook and Foss was there.
]]>By: jodruhttp://www.sequenza21.com/2009/02/first-george-perle-now-lukas-foss/comment-page-1/#comment-15136
Mon, 02 Feb 2009 20:39:32 +0000http://www.sequenza21.com/?p=1047#comment-15136dung is planning a reissue of their recording of ‘Music for Six’, which is an early 70’s minimalist piece of Foss’.

Foss is one of the best performers of Mozart I’ve ever heard.

]]>By: Steve Laytonhttp://www.sequenza21.com/2009/02/first-george-perle-now-lukas-foss/comment-page-1/#comment-15135
Mon, 02 Feb 2009 20:38:53 +0000http://www.sequenza21.com/?p=1047#comment-15135Sounds like you have those Nonesuch and Turnabout LPs that I had, Sparky. The Scarlatti bit in the Baroque Variations was a big hit with me, too. Over at Last.fm:

You can listen to Scott Dunn’s Naxos recording of Foss’ complete piano music. The “Solo for Piano” from 1981 is especially nice.

]]>By: Sparky P.http://www.sequenza21.com/2009/02/first-george-perle-now-lukas-foss/comment-page-1/#comment-15133
Mon, 02 Feb 2009 20:10:21 +0000http://www.sequenza21.com/?p=1047#comment-15133Foss “dabbled” in many different styles: “past pilfering” (sort of like George Rochberg; see “Baroque Variations”, especially his treatment of a Scarlatti sonata (the “Cortege” in E Major)), chance assemblage (see “Paradigm” with the fractured text and the Stockhausen-like playing of whatever your eye catches (but still controlled, of course) and straight ahead chromaticism (like his first string quartet (which I have on vinyl and transferred to disc)). Again, it’s a pity that a wide ranging catalog is so little recorded.
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